After winning its first Big Ten Championship last season since 1979, the conference named the MSU baseball team the preseason favorite to win the 2012 Big Ten Championship, the conference announced Tuesday.
Entering his fourth season as MSU baseball’s head coach, Jake Boss Jr. can’t remember ever relying on so many freshmen.
The Spartan baseball program will honor Earl Morrall as its Alumnus of the Year at the annual First Pitch Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kellogg Center. In addition, former Spartan All-American and current Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson will be on hand for a jersey recognition.
Only a day after Tom Izzo announced his strongest recruiting class in years, MSU baseball coach Jake Boss Jr.
After one of the most successful seasons in MSU baseball history, Jake Boss Jr. is hungry for more.
The Spartans will travel to South Bend, Ind. to play Notre Dame, with the game scheduled to finish before the No. 15 MSU football team’s 3:30 p.m. game against the Fighting Irish.
The State News talked with legendary Spartan Kirk Gibson to discuss his illustrious past and his playoff aspirations as a manager of the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks.
With the additions of third baseman Wilson Betemit and pitcher Doug Fister, the Tigers have upgraded to make a serious run. Trade deadline deals Have gone poorly in the past, but Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski has an eye for talent and has added significant pieces at the deadline, such as Jhonny Peralta in 2010.
As MSU baseball players Ryan Jones and Tony Bucciferro stepped on the field at Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way, in Boston, on Friday, they found themselves on hallowed ground.
Senior pitcher Tony Bucciferro and junior second baseman Ryan Jones have been selected to play in the 49th annual Cape Cod League All-Star Game on July 29 at Fenway Park in Boston.
Former MSU pitcher A.J. Achter returned to Lansing Saturday night when he pitched for the Beloit Snappers against the Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium. Achter took the loss as the Lugnuts defeated Beloit, 3-1.
Jimmy Pickens verbally committed to play for MSU before his senior year of high school, and this summer, he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 41st round of the MLB draft, leaving him with a choice between the Spartans or the Tigers.
Through his first week with the Lansing Lugnuts, former Spartan Eli Boike has put up a .250 batting average in three games, hitting 3-for-12 from the plate. The former Spartan has added two RBIs and walked once while going without an error in the field.
After spending four years in East Lansing before graduating from MSU in 2010, Eli Boike has returned to the familiar place that was home to him during his college years.
Former MSU outfielder Eli Boike will join the Lansing Lugnuts roster after being promoted from the Vancouver Canadians, the Lugnuts and the Toronto Blue Jays announced Sunday.
Mark Van Ameyde, who has served as the MSU baseball’s pitching coach since the 2009 season, has been promoted to associate head coach, head baseball coach Jake Boss Jr. announced Tuesday.
In the 12th round of the 2011 MLB Draft on Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers selected former MSU first baseman Jeff Holm as the team’s 11th draft pick. Continuing to represent MSU, former pitcher Kurt Wunderlich was drafted in the 20th round by the Oakland Athletics.
When Jake Boss Jr. was hired in the summer of 2008 to replace former head coach David Grewe, he not only set out to raise the bar on expectations for the MSU baseball program but also to develop a style of play that allowed his team to be competitive on a consistent basis.
Although the MSU baseball team ended its season on a sour note with a loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, the Spartans have a lot of reasons to celebrate what was accomplished in 2011.
The curtain has closed on a historic season for the MSU baseball team. As Illinois mobbed the pitcher’s mound in an act of triumph and exuberance Saturday at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, the Spartans (36-21 overall, 17-11 Big Ten) were forced to stand aside quietly to watch their co-Big Ten champion celebrate.